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Her favourite sayings were "F*** Hitler" and "F*** the Nazis". And even today, 39 years after the great man's death, she can still be coaxed into repeating them with that unmistakable Churchillian inflection. Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the bird's cage during crisis meetings with the PM. But it always brought a smile to the war leader's face. Churchill bought Charlie - giving him a boy's name despite the fact she was female - in 1937. She took pride of place in a bizarre menagerie of pets including lambs, pigs, cattle,...

<p>LONDON (AFP) - The daughter of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill denied that her father had ever owned a parrot which he had reportedly taught to swear about Hitler and the Nazis.</p> <p>Mary Soames said there had been a mix up between Charlie, the 104-year-old reportedly foul-mouthed female blue and gold Macaw, and Polly, an African Grey parrot which lived at Churchill's country home at Chartwell, south of London.</p>

Foul-mouth parrot mimics Churchill's wartime thoughts Mon Jan 19, 8:48 AM ET LONDON (AFP) - The inner thoughts of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill live on, thanks to the foul mouth of his 104-year-old parrot who lives at a garden centre in southeast England. "F*** Hitler! F*** the Nazis!" says Charlie, a female blue and gold macaw which Churchill bought in 1937, two years before the outbreak of World War II in Europe. "Parrots are remarkably adept at mimicking sounds and voices," says an article about Charlie in the February issue of Jack, a British men's magazine, which hits the...

The mayor of Ecuador's biggest city has hired a parrot to speak on his behalf when he is asked "undesirable questions." Jaime Nebot, Mayor of Guayaquil, presented the parrot to journalists at a press conference, reports Teerra.com. He said: "Here is the parrot that will be in charge to answer all the undesirable comments that I have no time to answer. "Some people only approach me with nonsense talk so the parrot will answer back in the same way because I need to use my time to work." Mr Nebot has been heavily criticised by the press and the public...

Posted on Fri, Aug. 29, 2003 Scream scary, but it's only a parrot parodyAssociated Press TUCSON, Ariz. - A parrot's parody of a damsel in distress caused quite a commotion.Tucson police and firefighters broke down a door after being called to a house and hearing a woman's screams coming from inside.But police soon realized that the sounds weren't coming from a woman in woe."The parrot's screams sounded identical to those of a distressed adult female," Officer Andrew Davies said in his report.The ruckus was the work of Oscar, a 2-year-old yellow-naped Amazon parrot.Police found him intermittently making laughing and...

Bureaucracy on the Wires The British Empire was a massive entity: It was truly global in its proportions. Communication was therefore one of the keys of successful administration. From the middle to late nineteenth century onwards it would lie to the telegraph to make this communication possible. However, even the speed of this form of communication could be slowed down immeasurably in the mass of bureacracy and form that characterised the day to day running of the empire. This amusing example is taken from an extract in The Leisure of an Egyptian Official by Lord Edward Cecil. An Official Correspondence:...

WONDERFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Gene Royer - a voice of reason in a babbling society. July 14, 2003 My gay Filipino neighbors, Luis and Whatshisname, have a very talented parrot named Parotika. She is green, of course, but with a nice, red crown and a few red feathers in her tail and wing tips. They've had her for the six years I've known them, and Luis told me she is only about ten. She eats a special bird food mixture, as well as raw veggies such as carrots, lettuce and broccoli. She stays in a large cage in...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33496 Wednesday, July 9, 2003 WEIRDNETDAILYMerchant spanks boy for teaching parrot profanityMan faces 60 days in cage for disciplining child over fowl language Posted: July 9, 20035:12 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com (WCNC-TV) A flap over a cursing parrot is giving new meaning to flipping the bird as a store owner is accused of spanking a boy he claims was teaching his pet profanity. William Soper, 64, of Statesville, N.C., faces a misdemeanor charge of assault after whacking a 9-year-old child who was not...

A foul-mouthed parrot is ruffling a few feathers after setting up home in a West Yorkshire churchyard. The vicar has received complaints from people who have become targets for verbal abuse from the exotic bird. The mischievous African grey parrot called Charlie has been living with a flock of pigeons in the bell-tower at St Mary's Church in Mirfield. Three-year-old Charlie regularly turns the air blue by swearing and wolf-whistling at passers-by. But despite several attempts to catch the parrot he remains free as a bird. Owner Zarina France, 34, of Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, said even Charlie's favourite monkey nuts had...

September 29, 2002 During his recent speech to the United Nations, President Bush asked the assembled delegates, "Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" A similar question could now be asked about the U.S. House of Representatives: Will the U.S. House Committee on International Relations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant? Why not just send an E-mail message to your U.S. representative? Its easy, just click here. Well then, if eMailing your Congress-critter is too daunting of a task, why not fax them hereOh, yes to the...